Retail Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Retailing
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 27 22
Rank change year-on-year -14 -5 +21
Contract jobs citing Retail 28 11 23
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 3.58% 4.76% 6.89%
As % of the General category 8.97% 7.05% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 4 18
10th Percentile £183 - £200
25th Percentile £190 £209 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £203 £455 £400
Median % change year-on-year -55.45% +13.63% -20.00%
75th Percentile £469 £725 £581
90th Percentile £474 - £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £203 £317 £400
% change year-on-year -36.12% -20.75% -23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £13.45 £15.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.23% - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £13.45 £15.50 -
% change year-on-year -13.23% - -

All General Skills
Milton Keynes

Retail falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 312 156 201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 39.90% 67.53% 60.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 104 134
10th Percentile £302 £213 £222
25th Percentile £413 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £431 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% -5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £560 £560
90th Percentile £638 £710 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 8
10th Percentile - £14.39 £17.17
25th Percentile £17.50 £15.12 £18.00
Median hourly rate £18.32 £16.75 £22.54
Median % change year-on-year +9.37% -25.69% +66.10%
75th Percentile £43.75 £19.88 £31.69
90th Percentile - £55.38 £37.12
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.50 £14.20 £26.25
% change year-on-year +58.45% -45.90% +93.44%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retail relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Retail job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Retail.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Retail

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Milton Keynes

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Retail.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) AWS
2 5 (17.86%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (3.57%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) Cisco ASA
1 5 (17.86%) Cisco Firepower
1 5 (17.86%) Cisco Nexus
1 5 (17.86%) VSAN
2 1 (3.57%) LAN
2 1 (3.57%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (3.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Metadata
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle ODI
1 1 (3.57%) Tableau
1 1 (3.57%) Tableau Desktop
1 1 (3.57%) Tableau Server
General
1 11 (39.29%) Finance
2 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Automotive
5 2 (7.14%) Banking
5 2 (7.14%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.57%) German Language
6 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (17.86%) Network Engineer
1 5 (17.86%) NOC Engineer
2 4 (14.29%) Network Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Network Project Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Architect
3 2 (7.14%) Lead
3 2 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (3.57%) Data Governance Analyst
4 1 (3.57%) Data Governance Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Data Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.57%) EPoS Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) EPoS Field Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Governance Manager
4 1 (3.57%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.57%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Data Centre
2 4 (14.29%) Driving Licence
3 3 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (7.14%) Data Structures
4 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.57%) Chip and PIN
5 1 (3.57%) EPoS
5 1 (3.57%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Windows
2 5 (17.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Change Management
2 6 (21.43%) ITIL
3 5 (17.86%) Customer Service
3 5 (17.86%) Load Balancing
3 5 (17.86%) Network Monitoring
3 5 (17.86%) Presales
3 5 (17.86%) SIEM
4 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.71%) Customer Experience
6 2 (7.14%) Agile
6 2 (7.14%) Analytics
6 2 (7.14%) ArchiMate
6 2 (7.14%) Architecture Governance
6 2 (7.14%) Business Strategy
6 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
6 2 (7.14%) Event-Driven
6 2 (7.14%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 2 (7.14%) Roadmaps
6 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.14%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) CCNP
1 5 (17.86%) CCSE
1 5 (17.86%) CCSM
1 5 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.57%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) SLA
2 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.57%) GDPR
2 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) CheckPoint
1 5 (17.86%) Cisco
1 5 (17.86%) Fortinet
1 5 (17.86%) Palo Alto
1 5 (17.86%) VMware
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle
2 1 (3.57%) SAP